Project 87 Short Step

[bd]

Lookin' goooood!       The milestones feel great, don't they?

[hobbz]

Yeah, I'm picking the transmission up next week while on vacation. Then it will be drivable

[hobbz]

Been a while, but I come with pics...  I didn't get the transmission while on vacation. My wife told me if I wait till the end of October, I could get a better one from summit/jegs...

I did order some of the gauges, and the fuel cell. The straps are on backorder, and won't have them until next week. 

I plan on running the hard line along the rail this weekend.

[bake74]

     Looking good, nice progress at least.

[hobbz]

I bought a second bed for 200 the other day. I just needed the fenders off of it. I got them off today and test fitted on my bed to see how the stance of the truck is, and to measure for wheels.



I also drove 3 hours to Louisville for a big swap meet today and didn't buy a thing, but would have bought these if they had them in 17x8 in Stock. They are the wheels I am going with.

[FlatBlack77]

gonna look awesome dude

[hobbz]

Finally got a day off work and got to work on the truck again.

Today I revisited the fuel tank.  I took it back off and added foam to the straps to keep the wear down and make the fit better.




My rear roll pan came in today as well, so I threw it on while I was at it. 




My front roll pan should be here tomorrow, and I will hopefully cut the frame and install it.

[hobbz]

So today's progress.

I woke up early and ran to Lowes to pick up the wood for my bed as I am going to my dad's tomorrow and he has a wood shop and is going to help my cut them down and groove them.



When I got back home, FedEx had dropped off my front roll pan.  I took it up to my garage and proceeded to cut my frame so it would fit, and fit it into place roughly.  I really don't want to weld it to the fenders, but not sure it will look right otherwise.

[hobbz]

Today my dad and I cut the wood for the bed, then I came back home and got the first layer of poly on them.

Half covered:


First coat:


Tomorrow I will get the 2nd coat on the top and after that dries, flip it over and get the back.  Hopefully I will have my stainless strips in sometime this week, and can get it all installed.

[hobbz]

My last day off work for a while.  I finished the stain/poly on the boards.



Then I had to do the test to see how they will look



Then I started on another project, my electronics panel.  This panel will replace the climate controls.  This one was just a test to see how it would look. 

[hobbz]

Made a little more progress today.  Over the last few days, my bed strips came in, and also my battery box/tray came in. It is one that I can mount on the firewall.

I can't attach the middle board till I figure out what fuel door I want to install and cut the hole for it.

[bd]

Coming along nicely!

[FlatBlack77]

nice bed

[hobbz]

Little more work today.

I installed my new firewall mount battery box/tray and shortened and cleaned up the battery wires.

Installed with lost of extra and ugly wires.


Cleaned up

[hobbz]

2nd update for today.  UPS delivered my gas door, and it was still early enough that I decided to install it.  I am pretty happy with how it turned out.  I need to pick up some longer bolts for it still though.  I also need to decide if I want to cut the strips or the door base. I am thinking just trim the lip on the strips...




Here you can see why I think I need to trim the lip of the strips